LEDs Anyone? Advise Please

skiweeds

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http://www.htgsupply.com is a very reliable site with top notch equipment. from everyone i know that has used LEDs, they dont get shit for yield compared to a hps. i guess they're nice for micro grows. nice for a small space like a closet. but if you got a bigger space like a bedroom or warehouse, hps is the way to go, no comparison. good luck! im wishing LED growers/manufacturers the best. im not a fan of them yet, but things only get better in time.
 
Okay......so what wattage was the $100 light then? I noticed you forgot to answer that.
You said it right a 400 watt hps.I used a mh bulb for the first 4 weeks because i had to buy a hps bulb.Which if i would have used a hps bulb the whole 9 weeks of flower im sure would have been more.
 

puffenuff

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that "2 ounce cola" looks more like 14g than 56...ive held ounce nugs and they were all longer and fatter than that...not calling you a liar or anything because pics can be deceiving. Wish you had a better pic
 
that "2 ounce cola" looks more like 14g than 56...ive held ounce nugs and they were all longer and fatter than that...not calling you a liar or anything because pics can be deceiving. Wish you had a better pic
Yeah i have no reason to lie and that cola was 15.5 inches long very dense and as you can see the size of my whole keyboard which is 15 inches long
 

newworldicon

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With a 600 right.If led can produce 32 of those im impressed
We both will and I will be ordering another one immediately, I will finally be able to run co2 effectively then! Did you check out the link I posted? It shows a comaprison of a 300W LED and a 400W HID. Great outcome for both but shows the LED to yield a bit more and at less electricity. Good for smaller growers..
 

puffenuff

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We both will and I will be ordering another one immediately, I will finally be able to run co2 effectively then! Did you check out the link I posted? It shows a comaprison of a 300W LED and a 400W HID. Great outcome for both but shows the LED to yield a bit more and at less electricity. Good for smaller growers..
Interesting find there. I mentioned this in a separate thread I think, but high times did a study a few years back comparing the older 90w led ufos to a 400w mh, 400w hps, and 600w hps. That old 90w ufo yielded more than the 400w mh, 10% total gram yield less than 400w hps but plants under led had more resin and trich levels and also outperformed hps in terms of grams per kw/h used 4 to 1, and the 600w hps yielded about 20% more, not sure about g to kw/h on the last comparison. Remember the ufo they used was older tech, so i think it's safe to say that leds have improved over the last few years so id expect even better results from a new side by side
 
We both will and I will be ordering another one immediately, I will finally be able to run co2 effectively then! Did you check out the link I posted? It shows a comaprison of a 300W LED and a 400W HID. Great outcome for both but shows the LED to yield a bit more and at less electricity. Good for smaller growers..
Yeah i checked it out
 
Interesting find there. I mentioned this in a separate thread I think, but high times did a study a few years back comparing the older 90w led ufos to a 400w mh, 400w hps, and 600w hps. That old 90w ufo yielded more than the 400w mh, 10% total gram yield less than 400w hps but plants under led had more resin and trich levels and also outperformed hps in terms of grams per kw/h used 4 to 1, and the 600w hps yielded about 20% more, not sure about g to kw/h on the last comparison. Remember the ufo they used was older tech, so i think it's safe to say that leds have improved over the last few years so id expect even better results from a new side by side
I think i remember that and i dont think that grow was finished if its the same one.If you can post the link
 
Good for smaller growers and if the price was lets say 100 dollars cheaper i would get it.I still might just get a blackstar 240 as i see those are about the cheapest good light i can find
 
I don't know how much a blackstar is but how does this compare? I have only looked at larger replacements.

http://hydroponicshut.com/pro-grow-260-watt-led-grow-light.html
The blackstar 240 runs i think 270.
The one in the link you provided sounds great and i think i will just cough up the cash to see if i like it or not.
I will just wait until next week or the following week and spend that money for it.IM either looking at that or the 180 they have..Thanks for the link.Is this the same company you are getting yours from?
 
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